Judges

Judges 11:37–39

³⁷She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

³⁸“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months.

So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains. ³⁹After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man.

So it has become a custom in Israel

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Judges 11:37

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
She also said	וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
her father	אָבִ֔יהָ	’ā·ḇî·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1 father
Let me do	יֵעָ֥שֶׂה	yê·‘ā·śeh	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
this	הַזֶּ֑ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
one thing	הַדָּבָ֣ר	had·dā·ḇār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
Let me wander	וְאֵֽלְכָה֙	wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
for two	שְׁנַ֣יִם	šə·na·yim	Number - md	H8147 two
months	חֳדָשִׁ֗ים	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
through	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the mountains	הֶֽהָרִ֔ים	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
with my friends	וְרֵעְיֹתָי׃	wə·rē·ʿə·yō·ṯå̄y	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H7464 companion, attendant
and mourn	וְאֶבְכֶּה֙	wə·’eḇ·keh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H1058 weep, bewail
my virginity	בְּתוּלַ֔י	bə·ṯū·lay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1331 virginity

Judges 11:38

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Go	לֵ֔כִי	lê·ḵî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
he said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
And he sent her away	וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
for two	שְׁנֵ֣י	šə·nê	Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
months	חֳדָשִׁ֑ים	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
So she	הִיא֙	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
left	וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ	wat·tê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
with her friends	וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ	wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯe·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H7464 companion, attendant
and mourned	וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ	wat·tê·ḇək	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1058 weep, bewail
her virginity	בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ	bə·ṯū·le·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1331 virginity
upon	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the mountains	הֶהָרִֽים׃	he·hā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country

Judges 11:39

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After	מִקֵּ֣ץ׀	miq·qêṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7093 end
two	שְׁנַ֣יִם	šə·na·yim	Number - md	H8147 two
months	חֳדָשִׁ֗ים	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
she returned	וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙	wat·tā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7725 turn back, return
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
her father	אָבִ֔יהָ	’ā·ḇî·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1 father
and he did	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
to her	לָ֔הּ	lāh	Preposition; third person feminine singular
as he had vowed	נָדָ֑ר	nā·ḏār	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5087 vow
And she	וְהִיא֙	wə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
had never	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
had relations	יָדְעָ֣ה	yā·ḏə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3045 know
with a man	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
So it has become	וַתְּהִי־	wat·tə·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a custom	חֹ֖ק	ḥōq	Noun - masculine singular	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due
in Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	bə·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

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Judges 11:37 Luke 1:25

Judges 11:39 Judges 11:31 · Isaiah 66:3 · Leviticus 27:28–29 · 1 Samuel 2:18

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